"with the Boston Taiwan technology people sang the first category of contact"Sang the technology people where'd you go? Jin suk boban explore the unknown? Or to the technology company sang a long before the exhibition?Taiwan with the us in the learning / industry, what's the difference? What first step?Taiwan University students with biological technology centre of Boston Taiwanese biological technology association in December will be no.Co-organized the first session of the ntu-btba small exchange seminar. Participants include Taiwan University teacher, Taiwan sang the technology of the representative of the company, Boston and throughout the United States in the academia, doctoral and post-Doctoral, young leaders of the industry. I hope everyone come together to discuss, share experiences, reflect on the technology and the future of the human life!Sign up please contact the following address: Link:http://goo.gl/forms/kPGoHCLEkJPlaces are limited, please sign up early.

BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey today released the second set of the office’s reportsevaluating Steward Health Care System following its acquisition of Caritas Christi Health Care and subsequent hospitals.

In connection with its approval of Steward’s acquisition of non-profit Caritas Christi Health Care in November 2010, the Attorney General’s Office executed an agreement with Steward to monitor its impact on the Massachusetts health care market and to enforce specific provisions of the purchase agreement related to the public interest. Subsequent agreements were executed following Steward’s acquisition of Morton Hospital and Quincy Medical Center.

Today, the AG’s Office released the second set of two reports concerning its five-year monitoring of Steward, including a Compliance Report reviewing Steward’s compliance with public interest provisions in all three transactions and a Performance and Impact Report reviewing Steward’s impact on the delivery of health care services in the communities it serves. The first set of reports was released in January 2013.

This comprehensive review was conducted by a team from AG Healey’s Health Care Division and Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division that includes Legal Analyst Robert Ciccia and Assistant Attorneys General Karen Tseng, Courtney Aladro, Nora Mann, and Brett Blank.

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Thank you for a fantastic 8 years! I have enjoyed serving our city alongside you and wish you the very best in 2016 and beyond. Please know that your hard work has made the city a much better place. I am so proud to have been a part of this team. As I only have a few more days in office I know that is not enough time to say good-bye to everyone and to tell you how much I appreciate all that you have done. I have faith that the next administration under Stephen DiNatale will be fair and hard-working, and I look forward to seeing and hearing about the many things you will accomplish together. Though I am moving on, Fitchburg will always be in my heart and a big part of my life. I will be reachable at Lawong5@aol.com or at (978) 828-4335. Thank you again for the honor of being your mayor.

BOSTON – Today, Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito announced the State of the Commonwealth address will be scheduled for Thursday, January 21stin the House Chamber of the Massachusetts State House.

Summer Star Wins ENR’s Best Small Project Award

On November 12, 2015 at the Seaport Boston Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston, Engineering News-Record New England held the ENR Best Projects Award Breakfast to honor this year’s winners. Summer Star’s Trailhead House was chosen as the winner of the Best Small Project award. Read an excerpt from ENR below.

“Given the sanctuary’s mission to preserve the natural environment, the project team integrated nature into the building’s design and construction. Along with the limitations of a tight 3,000-sq-ft footprint and the need to protect the surrounding two acres of forest, the building twists and turns with the landscape. The use of 3D modeling helped the project team coordinate between different disciplines and preview the effect of structural members and framing patterns.
保護園的使命是要保護自然環境，項目小組把大自然整合進樓宇設計及建築中。一方面把面積限制在3000平方英尺內，同時顧及保護兩英畝森林的需要，這棟園區入口樓改變了那兒的整個景觀。他們利用三維模型來協助不同專業的項目團隊合作，並預覽結構及框架模式的效果。

The building’s structural complexity required equally complex and customized construction details, including the handcrafted timber framing and custom-cut cedar detail installation on the building’s interior and exterior. The 30-foot-tall Tree Room’s exterior glazed walls—comprised of vertical steel—are held plumb by exposed wood, not steel, as in typical construction.”
這登山入口樓的結構複雜性，和定做建築細節同樣複雜，包括手工彫製的木框，按裝在樓宇內外，照要求切割的雪松等等。這座30英呎高樹屋外的閃亮牆壁，是由垂直鋼條組成，由外露的木頭支撐，而不像傳統建築那樣是用鋼。

Photo credit: ENR/Jean Hangarter

The entire Summer Star Team is grateful for this wonderful recognition.
夏日星辰團隊為贏得獎項，都很感恩。
（原載於夏日星辰野生動物保護園通訊）

Asian American Civic Association started accepting new applications to the FuelAssistance program on November 1 until April 30 2016. Would it be possible for you to place an announcement onyour newspaper from now to April 2016? Please see the text below.

FuelAssistance Program is a Federally-funded program that helpslow-income households with their home heating bills in winter season.All eligible FuelAssistance applicants will receive discounted gas,electric and telephone rates.

Application date: 11/1/2015 to 4/30/2016Eligibility: (1) Residents of Boston, Brookline or NewtonTo apply, please call (617)426-9492 ext: 0 or go to AACA to make an appointment.

Asian American Civic Association starts accepting new applications to the Fuel Assistance program on November 1 until April 30 2016. Would it be possible for you to place an announcement onyour newspaper? Please see the text below.

Fuel Assistance Program is a Federally-funded program that helpslow-income households with their home heating bills in winter season.All eligible Fuel Assistance applicants will receive discounted gas,electric and telephone rates.

Application date: 11/1/2015 to 4/30/2016Eligibility: (1) Residents of Boston, Brookline or NewtonTo apply, please call (617)426-9492 ext: 0 or go to AACA to make an appointment.

BOSTON – On January 1, 2015, 280,000 low-wage workers in Massachusetts will get their second consecutive annual raise when the state’s minimum wage rises from $9 to $10 an hour, the second of three annual $1 increases. January 2017 will give Massachusetts the highest statewide minimum wage in the country at $11 an hour.

Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition of more than 100 community organizations, religious groups, and labor unions, collected more than 193,000 signatures to put a minimum wage increase on the November 2014 ballot. In June 2014, the Legislature and Raise Up Massachusetts worked together to craft legislation giving Massachusetts the highest stateside minimum wage in the country and avoiding the need for a ballot campaign.

“I was proud to help shepherd our nationally-heralded minimum wage bill through the Legislature, which is now reinvigorating our work in the fight to achieve economic equality,” said House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo. “With this raise we will improve conditions for working families, provide a vehicle for economic growth and strengthen the Commonwealth’s social and economic fabric. I thank the SEIU, the many labor groups who made their voices heard and, importantly, Massachusetts’ hardworking residents for their feedback as we sculpted this bill.”

“The Senate is proud of our Commonwealth’s leadership role in allowing our hardworking residents to better provide for themselves and their families, said Senate President Stanley Rosenberg. “We look forward to continuing efforts with the Coalition to share our prosperity widely and fairly.”

By 2017, increasing the minimum wage to $11 per hour will raise the wages of approximately 450,000 workers in Massachusetts, according to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. The legislation also increases wages for tipped workers to $3.75 per hour by 2017. Current law sets wages at $2.63 for tipped workers.

“Raising the minimum wage puts more money in the hands of working families and helps strengthen our economy,” said Deb Fastino, Co-Chair of Raise Up Massachusetts and Executive Director of the Coalition for Social Justice (CSJ). “When hard-working people have extra money to spend in their neighborhoods, we’re all better off.”

“Our religious values tell us that all people deserve a just wage,” said Lew Finfer, Co-Chair of Raise Up Massachusetts and Director of the faith-based Massachusetts Communities Action Network (MCAN). “We are called by God to act to bring justice for all. In the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 65, God called on us to work for a world where `they shall not labor in vain.’ That's why we expanded a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to collect those signatures and get this passed."

“Raising the minimum wage is the best way to sustain the economic stability of low wage workers and ensure that they can support their families,” said Harris Gruman, Co-Chair of Raise Up Massachusetts and Massachusetts State Director of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). “We were glad to work with the Legislature to pass this historic legislation, and we look forward to working with them in the future to build an economy that works for everyone.”

If employees do not receive the wage increase that is due starting January 1, they should call the Attorney General's Fair Labor Hotline at (617) 727-3465 and file a Wage Complaint Form through the Attorney General's website.

DORCHESTER STORE TO PAY MORE THAN $100,000 FOR FAILURE TO PAY PROPER WAGES, FAILURE TO KEEP ACCURATE PAYROLL RECORDS

Company to Pay Restitution and Penalties for Failing to Comply with Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws

BOSTON – A Dorchester grocery store and its owner have agreed to pay more than $100,000 for failing to properly pay their employees in violation of the state’s wage and hour laws and for failure to maintain required payroll records, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.

Truong-Thinh Market, Inc. and its president, Joseph Pham, have agreed to pay more than $84,000 in restitution to workers and more than $21,000 in penalties for failure to pay minimum and overtime wages and for failing to keep accurate payroll records.

“This business took advantage of its workers by failing to pay them the appropriate hard-earned wages they were entitled to,” AG Healey said. “We will continue to advocate on behalf of Massachusetts workers to make sure they know their rights and don’t fall victim to unfair and exploitative employment practices.”

In July 2015, the AG’s Office began its investigation of Truong-Thinh Market, following complaints from several employees.

The investigation determined that, from September 2013 to August 2015, a total of seven employees were not paid minimum wage or the proper overtime rate. Employees were working more than 40 hours per week and were paid a salary in cash that did not meet the statutory requirements for minimum wage or overtime. The state’s Overtime Lawrequires employers to pay qualifying employees time and one half their regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a work week. The store and Pham also failed to keep accurate payroll records.

This case serves as an example of the office’s focus on providing economic security to the residents of Massachusetts, particularly vulnerable workers. The AG’s Office enforces the laws regulating the payment of wages, including prevailing wage, minimum wage and overtime laws. Workers who believe that their rights have been violated in their workplace are encouraged to call the Office’s Fair Labor Hotline at (617) 727-3465. More information about the state's wage and hour laws is also available in multiple languages at the Attorney General's Workplace Rights website www.massworkrights.com.

This matter was handled by Assistant Attorney General Lisa Price and Investigator Christina Lopez of Attorney General Maura Healey’s Fair Labor Division.